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the chicago nonprofit trust intends to pour $7.2 billion in adding runways to o'hare and rebuilding crumbling roads and fixing aging schools and repairing dilapidated rail lines and more. >> we will create 30,000 jobs, all going to work. >> and go all the way to the tip -- >> five investment firms expressed interest in being part of chicago's public private trust. but no proposals have been put forth, and no money has yet been invested by any of the potential private partners. america used to have the world's best infrastructure. in the 1950s, american highways, parks and state universities and airports were the envy of the world. >> when this country invested 4% of the economic gdp, ininfrastructure, it grew. when we scaled back our investments as a country to 2%, our economy grew at that level. >> with the government investing less, emanuel is taking matters into his own hands. his first project, an energy retrofit of several public buildings including the chicago cultural center, one of the city's largest energy consumers. >> this is the one we call the boiler room, arp, as senior citizens
the chicago nonprofit trust intends to pour $7.2 billion in adding runways to o'hare and rebuilding crumbling roads and fixing aging schools and repairing dilapidated rail lines and more. >> we will create 30,000 jobs, all going to work. >> and go all the way to the tip -- >> five investment firms expressed interest in being part of chicago's public private trust. but no proposals have been put forth, and no money has yet been invested by any of the potential private partners....
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the chicago nonprofit trust intends to pour $7.2 billion into adding runways to o'hare and much more. >> the next three years, create 30,000 jobs in the building trades area. engineers, electrical worker, carpen terse all going to work. >> reporter: citigroup is among those who expressed interest but no proposals have yet been put forth and no money has yet been invested, by any of the potential private partners. america used to have the world's best infrastructure. in the 1950s, american highways, parks, state universities and airports were the envy of the world. >> when this country invested 4% of its economic gdp in infrastructure, our economy grew at 4%. not exactly 8 but close. when we scaled back our investments as a country to 2%, our economy grew at that level. >> reporter: and with the government investing less, emanuel is taking matters into his own hands. his first project, an energy retrofit of several public buildings, including the chicago cultural center, one of the city's largest energy consumers. >> this is the one we call in the boiler world, aarp, senior citizen? >>
the chicago nonprofit trust intends to pour $7.2 billion into adding runways to o'hare and much more. >> the next three years, create 30,000 jobs in the building trades area. engineers, electrical worker, carpen terse all going to work. >> reporter: citigroup is among those who expressed interest but no proposals have yet been put forth and no money has yet been invested, by any of the potential private partners. america used to have the world's best infrastructure. in the 1950s,...
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the chicago nonprofit trust intends to poor $7.2 billion into adding runways to o'hare, rebuilding crumbling roads, fixing aging schools, repairing dilapidated rail lines and much more. >> in the next three years we'll create 30,000ing jobs in the building trades areas engineers, carpenters, all going to work. >> five investment firms have expressed interest in being part of chicago's public/private trust. citigroup a sponsor of this program is among those who have expressed such interest. but no proposals have been put forth and no money has yet been invested by any of the potential private part fehrs. america used to have the best int inti infrastructu infrastructures. in the '50ss we were the envy of the world. >> when this country invested 4% of its gdp in infrastructure, our economy grew at 4%. not exactly a to a, but close. and when we scaled back our investments as a industry to 2%, our economy grew at that level. >> and with the government the investing less, emanuel is taking matters into his own hands. his first project? an energy retro fit of several public buildings, including th
the chicago nonprofit trust intends to poor $7.2 billion into adding runways to o'hare, rebuilding crumbling roads, fixing aging schools, repairing dilapidated rail lines and much more. >> in the next three years we'll create 30,000ing jobs in the building trades areas engineers, carpenters, all going to work. >> five investment firms have expressed interest in being part of chicago's public/private trust. citigroup a sponsor of this program is among those who have expressed such...
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anniversary of september 11th, mitt romney arrived at his charter to find firefighters at chicago's o'hare airport holding their own remembrance. it was an unexpected moment for a tightly scripted candidat a reminder that some days are bigger than a campaign. next, it was onto reno in a national guard convention for a speech that appeared to have a dual purpose. burnish romney's foreign policy credentials and address an oversight that the obama campaign has hammered for days. >> our goal should be to complete a successful transition to afghan security forces by the end of 2014. >> reporter: romney's mention of afghanistan came less than two weeks after democrats point out he neglected to mention the war in his speech at the gop convention. >> it's more than a mission. it reveals a severe lack of understanding about the job as president. doesn't reflect well on what kind of leadership he would bring. and frankly, it's just unbecoming of someone who wants to become commander and chief. >> reporter: in the latest poll voters by a wide margin said voters would handle better by romney. saying t
anniversary of september 11th, mitt romney arrived at his charter to find firefighters at chicago's o'hare airport holding their own remembrance. it was an unexpected moment for a tightly scripted candidat a reminder that some days are bigger than a campaign. next, it was onto reno in a national guard convention for a speech that appeared to have a dual purpose. burnish romney's foreign policy credentials and address an oversight that the obama campaign has hammered for days. >> our goal...
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you're flying into chicago, as both of us often do, choose midway, ranked number sixth on the list, o'hare was 24th. two new york city airports did not farewell, jfk at number 16, laguardia ranked number 26. newark, newark had the worst on time rating with almost 71% of their flights arriving on time. san francisco and houston also at the bottom of the list. >> it's nice to know. thank you very much. what if you don't use those top three airports, right? >> you can't go to chicago via salt lake. >> therein lies the problem. next on "early start," what's weighing on middle class minds as democrating get ready to make their case for four more years. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more [ russian accent ] rubles. eh, eheh, eh, eh. [ brooklyn accent ] 50% more simoleons. [ western accent ] 50% more sawbucks. ♪ [ maine accent ] 50% more clams. it's a lobster, either way. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus, it's the card for people who like more cash. [ italian accent ] 50% more dough! what's
you're flying into chicago, as both of us often do, choose midway, ranked number sixth on the list, o'hare was 24th. two new york city airports did not farewell, jfk at number 16, laguardia ranked number 26. newark, newark had the worst on time rating with almost 71% of their flights arriving on time. san francisco and houston also at the bottom of the list. >> it's nice to know. thank you very much. what if you don't use those top three airports, right? >> you can't go to chicago...
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but i spent 13 hours at o'hare because of what was happening on the east coast. >> yeah, that will happen to you. but yeah, chicago, beautiful place this time of the year. sorry you had to wait it out at the airport. that's not the nicest spot. if you're traveling out over bermuda today, not too bad. you had your rough weather over the weekend. right now, leslie is moving rapidly towards the north. by the way, here is hurricane michael, weakening but still a hurricane. been kind of the, you know, little sister -- or little brother of leslie. movement of leslie is rapidly off towards the north. this is going to impact the maritimes of canada, including, of course, newfoundland. here's the forecast track picking up team, may have hurricane force wind gusts on the right side of this thing when it makes landfall. looks like tomorrow afternoon. big waves from this thing have been impacting the u.s. coastline all weekend long. and that will continue to be the case, especially across the northeast. the moisture from isaac, that spawned some of that rough weather over the weekend, that has now be
but i spent 13 hours at o'hare because of what was happening on the east coast. >> yeah, that will happen to you. but yeah, chicago, beautiful place this time of the year. sorry you had to wait it out at the airport. that's not the nicest spot. if you're traveling out over bermuda today, not too bad. you had your rough weather over the weekend. right now, leslie is moving rapidly towards the north. by the way, here is hurricane michael, weakening but still a hurricane. been kind of the,...
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this morning when he arrived at o'hare airport the republican presidential candidate shook the hands of several chicago firefighters who were holding a 9/11 remembrance on the tarmac. there is a victory this morning for those 9/11 first responders who were exposed to all that toxic dust and debris at ground zero. federal officials decided 58 different types of cancer will now be covered under the zag road today act. a law designed to help those who gave so much that day. this news couldn't come fast enough. elizabeth cohen joins me now to tell us more. >> this was a huge change. it was last year how you and wry talking about how they weren't going to cover cancer. that was the official edict. >> and now they are. >> exactly. and now they are. and one of the reasons for this change is that a study came out and they looked at firefighters and they looked at the ones who were down at 9/11, down at the site, and the ones who weren't. the ones who were at ground zero had a 19% increased incidence of cancer. they're not saying that these first responders actually got cancer from the dust a
this morning when he arrived at o'hare airport the republican presidential candidate shook the hands of several chicago firefighters who were holding a 9/11 remembrance on the tarmac. there is a victory this morning for those 9/11 first responders who were exposed to all that toxic dust and debris at ground zero. federal officials decided 58 different types of cancer will now be covered under the zag road today act. a law designed to help those who gave so much that day. this news couldn't come...